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isPermaLink="false">http://www.teachpianotoday.com/?p=5522</guid> <description><![CDATA[Yesterday we received an email that reaffirms why Andrea and I are often still wide awake answering emails, writing music, and planning new products hours after the rest of the world has called it a night. A teacher sent us &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.teachpianotoday.com/?p=5428</guid> <description><![CDATA[Question:  My students need to learn a Sonatina for their exams.  How do I make it interesting enough for them to want to practice?  They enjoy the more modern selections the exam allows, but the Sonatina is always the very &#8230; <a
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